Siphonolaimus

  

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Classification:

Chromadorea
  Chromadoria
   Monhysterida
Monhysterina
Siphonolaimoidea
                Siphonolaimidae
Siphonolaiminae
      Siphonolaimus De Man, 1893

Type species of the genus:  Siphonolaimus niger De Man, 1893

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Morphology and Anatomy:

 Marine nematodes.

Ref: Annapurna et al., 2012

 

Females:

  •  Female tail  0.7-1.0 abd long
     

  
   

 
 

Males:    

  • Six prominent setose precloacal supplements.
  • Spicule 56-63um
  • Male tail 1.2-1.5 cbd.,

 
Body size range for the species of this genus in the database - Click:
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Distribution:

Populations of different species described from sublittoral assemblages  in the upper 5 cm of sandy-silt sediment in the English Channel and coast of Scotland.Also species found at depths of 250 m off northeast coast of India.

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Feeding:

Food Sources and Feeding strategies for the genus Siphonolaimus

 

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Life Cycle:

 
 
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Management:

 
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References:

Annapurna, C., Vijaya Bhanu, C., Srinivasa Rao, M., Sivalakshmi, M.V., Lilly M. .Cooper, G., Rao, Y.K. 2012. Free-living nematodes along the continental slope off northeast coast of India. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. India, 54:52-60.

Platt, H. M. and R. M. Warwick. 1988. Free-living marine nematodes. Part II: British Chromadorids. Synopses of the British Fauna (New Series) NO. 38, Brill, E.J., Leiden, 501pp

 

 
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Revised: May 22, 2025.